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CH3041
POLLUTION SECTION
• Pollution
(OECD) : the introduction by
humans directly or indirectly, of substances or energy into the environment resulting in deleterious effects of such a nature as to endanger human health, harm living resources or interfere with amenities or other legitimate use of the environment.
humans directly or indirectly, of substances or energy into the environment resulting in deleterious effects of such a nature as to endanger human health, harm living resources or interfere with amenities or other legitimate use of the environment.
• The chemical substances are generally toxins which have detrimental effects on the biological functions of an organism.
• The science that
looks into these toxic effects is
called toxicology.
